So it resonates with me what Lynn wrote about cancer – I had (?) breast cancer 22 months ago and now 2 months a scary(unrelated) malignant Sarcoma and enough other complications to make me want to run away. I have a potentially big life-changing scan on June 13th (right after I get through 6-7 wks of radiation)

this too = Illness has taught me that life is short. If you want something to happen, make it happen. If you don’t like something, change it. Keep it simple and have some butt gusting laughs. I love to laugh. Like, really laugh. Life is serious enough; no one gets out alive, so why not laugh our way through it?

I totally agree ! With twin seven yr olds I couldn’t have it any other way.

]]>By: Penelopehttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-785832
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:35:31 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-785832This is my all-time favorite interview on this website. Lynne is so real and so positive and really just a beautiful human being.

Thank you for interviewing great people, Mormon and not.

]]>By: Love Announcements | Artbookhttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-557260
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:06:54 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-557260[…] best fashion tumblr ever. This older gentlemen delights me. (Thanks, Melissa!) -This family, featured in Design Mom‘s ‘Living With Kids’ series, is amazing. You […]
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Fri, 02 Aug 2013 11:17:28 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-552364[…] Tree houses […]
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:26:01 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-549746[…] was reading a really inspirational Living With Kids Tour on Design Mom a few weeks ago. The house was so incredible and then to read about the family living […]
]]>By: The Magical World of Blog Landhttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-539619
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:55:38 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-539619[…] for the last couple of years. The blog also has a great home tour series called Living with Kids, this one is my favorite so […]
]]>By: Links & Things: Leaving Las Vegas Edition - Trophy Mom Diarieshttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-533462
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:24:45 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-533462[…] don’t know whether to send you over to Lynn Knowlton’s feature on Design Mom for the pictures of her beautiful home or to hear the stories of her heart. I really fell for both […]
]]>By: Karin Katherinehttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-530684
Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:31:02 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-530684I skimmed through the post devouring the photos and then read it three times devouring her words.

I am absolutely head over heels for the tree house which is quite simply the most amazing thing I have ever seen, while I think I’ve fallen head over heels in love with her family at the same time. What a treasure to read her words, have an opportunity to pray for her husband kicking cancer’s butt, and just get lost in the photos.

]]>By: A few blog posts worth reading. | because you asked me tohttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-523833
Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:13:05 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-523833[…] 3. Design Mom is like Oh.My.Gosh. I feel like I know her because she’s a friend of a friend even though I’ve never met her or spoken to her and if I was like, “Hey, I know so and so,” she’d probably be all, “That’s so cool. Nice to meet you. Bye.” You know, but super polite and friendly because she’s adorable and has the best hair. Anyway, she runs a regular spot on her blog called, “Living with Kids.” Basically it just lets you look at pictures of someone else’s house and drool over what you’ll probably never have but lay in bed dreaming of. Here’s the latest one. Swoon: Living With Kids-Lynne Knowlton. […]
]]>By: Chelseahttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-523095
Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:11:08 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-523095This was just inspiring on so many levels. What a beautiful family!
]]>By: sarah khttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-518548
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 21:09:25 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-518548This is lovely, and made me cry. I’ve been thinking about it for a few days and just now came back to comment. Blogs, especially design and lifestyle blogs, are so often the land of all that is happy and beautiful, sometimes to the exclusion of what is real. It is profoundly reassuring to me to read pieces like this, where the beauty and the real pain are interlaced and interwoven, as life has to be for a lot of us. Thank you, Lynne, for sharing–and Gabrielle, for making room in your online space for these textures and layers of real life. Beautiful things and happy links are always good–but I also feel a touch of comfort when I see that there are other people in the world who understand sadness, and that I am not alone.

To answer Gabrielle’s question, our family has had a hard couple of years, culminating in one of the most painful losses I can imagine: our youngest and long-desired child was stillborn in April. We are living a day at a time, continuing to do life as in a dream sometimes, trying to get our footing while knowing that we never truly will. Our three living children keep us laughing and also wistful for what we have all lost. Every day I try to figure out how to live the right kind of life now, honoring the sorrow but also treasuring what is good because we are even more aware now of how precious it is and how fleeting it can be. I think I am learning a new motivation for making my home and life as pleasant and pretty as I can: because life can be ugly enough, and beautifying it in small ways can be part of giving us dignity and courage and joy in the midst of whatever the world may hand us.

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Sun, 07 Jul 2013 09:29:47 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-518070[…] Read More: Living With Kids: Lynne Knowlton […]
]]>By: Amy Hackworthhttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-517892
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 04:56:06 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-517892This was so inspiring. Thanks for all the wisdom you shared, Lynne. So many beautiful lessons, and such a lovely sense of home in these photographs.
]]>By: Carriehttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-517786
Sun, 07 Jul 2013 03:00:25 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-517786Just loved every bit of this. Lynne has wonderful perspective and a buoyant hope and happiness that permeates through her words. Thank you for sharing!
I lost my father and grandmother last year. They passed within 29 hours of each other and had rooms side by side in Hospice. It was an incredibly hard and surprisingly uplifting experience.
Love tightly, laugh, laugh, laugh and then love some more – that is how we approached our loved ones illnesses. It’s all that matters.
]]>By: pattyhttp://www.designmom.com/2013/07/living-with-kids-lynne-knowlton/#comment-517363
Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:01:48 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-517363What an amazing home and family. Recently lost my son to cancer and read Lynne’s comments with tears in my eyes. Hope all will be well with her and her family.
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Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:58:09 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-516392I can tell you firsthand, that Lynne Knowlton is an incredibly generous spirit. I loves her right hard like. Her creativity and kindness know no bounds…
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Fri, 05 Jul 2013 05:27:54 +0000http://designmom.wpengine.com/?p=37674#comment-515509truly a beautiful home and a beautiful family. inspiring inside and out.
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